J. Lowell Stoltzfus
MSA SC 3520-12158
Biography:
Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania., July 15, 1949. Attended Salisbury State College, B.A. (English and Sociology), 1973; Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Married; four children.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, District 38, Somerset, Wicomico &
Worcester Counties, January 1992 to January 12, 2011. Republican.
Member, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee, 1992-98
(environment subcommittee); Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical
Areas, 1992-2003; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1993-95;
Executive Nominations Committee, 1995-98, 2003-06. Minority Whip,
1998-2001. Member, Joint Audit Committee, 1999-2004; Rules Committee,
1999-2006; Legislative Policy Committee, 1999-2006; Budget and Taxation
Committee, 1999-2011 (public safety, transportation, economic
development & natural resources subcommittee, 1999; public safety,
transportation & environment subcommittee, 2000; education,
business & administration subcommittee, 2001-07; health, education
& human resources subcommittee, 2008-11). Minority Leader,
September 27, 2001 to December 18, 2006. Member, Senate Committee on
Redistricting, 2002; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State
Treasurer, 2002, 2003; Department of Natural Resources Special Funds
Work Group, 2002-04; Special Commission on Legislative Prayer, 2003;
Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical
Area, 2003-06; Spending Affordability Committee, 2003-06; Special
Committee on State Employee Rights and Protections, 2005-07. Chair,
Eastern Shore Delegation, 1995-98. Member, Maryland Legislative
Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-11; Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-11; Taxpayers
Protection Caucus, 2003-11. Member, Conference of State Legislatures
(agriculture & rural development committee).
Member, House of Delegates, January 1991 to January 1992, representing District 38 (Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester counties). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-92; Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1991-92.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission, Somerset County, 1984-85 (member,
1980-84). Chair, Board of Zoning Appeals, Somerset County, 1985-90.
Past member, Area Agency on Aging. Member, Commission to Save the
Lighthouses, 1992-96; Governor's Pesticide Council, 1992-2003; Maryland
Tourism Development Board, 1995-99; Forvm for Rural Maryland, 1996-2003;
Special Committee to Study Issues Related to Class-Size Reduction,
1998-99; Study Panel to Review Economic Development Financing Programs,
1999; Task Force on Tobacco Crop Conversion in Maryland, 1999;
Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001;
Aquaculture Advisory Committee, 1999-2005; Task Force on Resource-Based
Industry in Maryland, 2000-02; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern
Shore of Maryland, 2001-; Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2002-03;
Chesapeake Forest Citizens Advisory Committee, 2002-05; Transportation
Task Force, 2003; Blue Crab Task Force, 2003-; Chesapeake Executive
Council, 2004; State Planning Committee for Higher Education, 2004.
Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2004 (member, 1997-2007; vice-chair,
2003). Co-Chair, Task Force on Traffic Capacity across the Chesapeake
Bay, 2004-06. Member, Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2004-; Working
Waterfront Commission, 2007-08.
Plant nursery proprietor, farmer, and parochial school principal. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2004. Member, Association of Christian Schools International. Member, Somerset County Farm Bureau; National Kraut Packers Association; Rehobeth Ruritan Club. First Citizen Award, Maryland Senate, 2009. Member, Holly Grove Mennonite Church.
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